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  1. 31 MayIsraeli Forces Shoot Alleged Driver After Gush Etzion Ramming Attack Leaves Two Injuredintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 minintelligence
  2. 31 MayIRGC Claims Downing of US Drone Over Persian Gulf Tests Washington's Red Linesintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 minintelligence
  3. 30 MayTrump Tells Iran: Take the Deal or Face the Bombsintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 5 minintelligence
  4. 30 MayIranian Military Locates Downed Drone Wreckage in Persian Gulf Near Qeshm Islandintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minintelligence
  5. 30 MayIranian Strike on Kuwaiti Airbase Tests US Deterrence Architectureintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 6 minintelligence
  6. 30 MayHezbollah Releases Footage of Southern Lebanon Operations as Drone Strikes Test Northern Israeli Defensesintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 minintelligence
  7. 29 MayZelensky Warns of Imminent Russian Mass Strike, Citing Fresh Intelligenceintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · eastern_europe · 5 minintelligence
  8. 28 MayUS Strikes Iranian Military Site Near Strait of Hormuz After IRGC Intercepts Tankerintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 minintelligence
  9. 28 MayIsraeli Assassination Operation and Hezbollah Drone Strikes Signal New Phase of Lebanon Border Conflictintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 minintelligence
  10. 27 MayTrump administration draws red lines on Iran nuclear programme and Strait of Hormuzintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 minintelligence
  11. 27 MayHezbollah Drone Strike Kills Israeli Soldiers in Southern Lebanon as Ground Incursions Face Fierce Resistanceintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 minintelligence
  12. 27 MayReports of Multiple Explosions Near Iranian Port of Bandar Abbas Amid Escalating Regional Tensionsintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 minintelligence
  13. 26 MayIsrael Deepens Lebanon Operations as Ceasefire Framework Collapsesintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 minintelligence
  14. 26 MayNetanyahu Orders Expanded Operations Against Lebanon, Cabinet Sources Sayintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 7 minintelligence
  15. 25 MayTrump Frames Military Operations as 'Victories' in Memorial Day Addressintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · North America · 5 minintelligence
  16. 25 MayTrump's Arlington Visit Extends America's Longest-Running Political Ritualintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 4 minintelligence
  17. 25 MayIran's Pajeskian Orders Restoration of International Internet Accessintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 minintelligence
  18. 25 MayIDF Tightens Civilian Guidelines Along Lebanon Border as Northern Israel Enters Second Day of Elevated Alertintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 minintelligence
  19. 25 MayCalifornia Chemical Emergency Exposes Fragile Infrastructure Beneath Emergency Declarationsintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · north-america · 4 minintelligence
  20. 24 MayIran Marks Khorramshahr Liberation Anniversary with Geopolitical Messaging Pushintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 minintelligence
  21. 20 MayWHO Declines Public Health Emergency Declaration as Ebola Situation in DRC Remains Containedintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · africa · 6 minintelligence
  22. 07 MayIranian Parliament Speaker Decries Axios Reporting as White House Fiction Operationintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 3 minintelligence
  23. 06 MayTrump Pauses Strait of Hormuz Naval Operation as Commercial Vessels Defy US Guidanceintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 minintelligence
  24. 06 MayTrump Pauses Iran War Operation: What the Ceasefire Tells Us About the Deal Beneathintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 6 minintelligence
  25. 06 MayTrump presses pause on Hormuz naval operation, betting on Iran talks — but shipowners aren't convincedintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 5 minintelligence
  26. 05 MayTrump Admin Declares Iran Strike Phase Complete, Eyes Nuclear Deal Through New 'Freedom Project'intelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 minintelligence
  27. 05 MayRussian Airbomb Strike Kills Five in Central Kramatorskintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · europe · 5 minintelligence
  28. 05 MayHapag-Lloyd Halts Strait of Hormuz Transits as Security Assessments Persistintelligence · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 5 minintelligence
  29. 04 MayTrump's Strait of Hormuz Gambit: Project Freedom and the Limits of Coercionintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 minintelligence
  30. 04 MayTehran and Washington Trade Warnings Over Strait of Hormuz as New Maritime Regime Takes Shapeintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 minintelligence
  31. 04 MayIran Executes Accused Killers of Alleged Mossad Operatives in Mashhadintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · iran · 6 minintelligence
  32. 04 MayFico Backs Ukraine EU Bid After Zelenskyy Call, Cancels Moscow Parade Attendanceintelligence · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 5 minintelligence